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Values don't'. Hence, read the Telegraph. But of course values do change, even
though the fashion is just the bubble on the surface. Mothers are bringing up their
children not only in a world of changing fashions but also of shifting values.
Values don't'. Hence, read the Telegraph. But of course values do change, even
though the fashion is just the bubble on the surface. Mothers are bringing up their
children not only in a world of changing fashions but also of shifting values.
Page 114
The social context of childbirth and the expression of political values in preparing
for it and the care of the mother are evident in the modern Communist state. What
may not be so clear however, is the more subtle way in which values are ...
The social context of childbirth and the expression of political values in preparing
for it and the care of the mother are evident in the modern Communist state. What
may not be so clear however, is the more subtle way in which values are ...
Page 207
In the three societies at which we have looked in this chapter a woman has little
value until she becomes a mother. She has uterine potential, and is appreciated
for this reason, but can only justify her existence when she marries and bears ...
In the three societies at which we have looked in this chapter a woman has little
value until she becomes a mother. She has uterine potential, and is appreciated
for this reason, but can only justify her existence when she marries and bears ...
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Contents
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Getting and Not Getting Pregnant | 54 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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